Fabric water pitcher



Mar. 13, 1923. 1,447,981

1 E. L. HENDERSON Y FABRIC WATER PITCHER Fil ed May 24, 1919 97 if 0212 P y-5t 'Patented Mar. 13, 1923.

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EDWIN L. HENDERSON, OF NORWOOD, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO KEMPER THOMAS COMPANY, OF NOR/WOOD, OHIO, A' CORPORATION OF. OHIO.

FABRIC WATER rI'ro nR.

Application filed. May 24, 1919. Serial No. 299,470.

To all w 700m it may concern:

Be it known that LEDWIN L. HENDERSON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Norwood, in the county of Hamilton and State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fabric Water Pitchers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to water pitchers made out of waterproof or rubberized fabric, and designed more particularly for use in carrying water for campers, for automobile radiators in emergencies, and like uses.

Such devices, comprising essentially a bag,

of waterproof material having some kind of a handle near the mouth of the bag, have been in use for some years, but it is the object of my invention to provide a pitcher of this nature which is simply and easily made, and which is at the same time strong and durable. It is particularly my object to provide a cloth pitcher which has no stitches in it whatever, because the stitching of such a device makes impossible a waterproofing which will be at all lasting.

This object, and other advantages to be noted, I accomplish by that certain construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more specifically pointed out and described.

In the drawings,

Figure l is a side elevation of the device.

Figure 2 is a detailed section showing the construction thereof.

The device is constructed of a single narrow piece of waterproof cloth, or rubberized cloth 1, formed in a single fold at 2. It can be observed that a bag may be formed by, in some manner, uniting the edges 3 of the folded piece of fabric 2.

According to my invention, the edges are united by folding them into a strip of metal. The metal strips 4:, one for each side, are provided, which are initiallybent, one for each side, and the edges3 are set behind the fold 5. The metal strips are then turned over so as to bind the cloth at 6, and an additional fold 7 is provided in the metal, these folds, of course, being longitudinal of the cloth and the strips.

A strip of fabric or tape 8 is secured together with the waterproof material of the bag in the fold of the binding strips near the upper edges of the device and it can be seen that by this structure I have provided a bag having its mouth at 9, and that when employed with the handle 8, it will serve the purpose of a pitcher. The only seams or cracks in the bag are at the side edges of the V strip of waterproof material, since the bottom of the bag is formed by folding over of the said material. The binding strips 4 firmly unite the side edges without the use of any stitches, so that the joints are not leakable, and the handle is also united to the rest of the device without any stitches.

The operation of folding the edges of the cloth in the binding strips is a simple one.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is A water pitcher formed of a strip of fabric of rectangular shape bent centrally to form a single fold, said line of fold constituting the bottom of a pitcher with the without stitching, and a handle. for the pitcher embraced together withthe fabric in one of the binding strips, as and for the purpose described.

EDWIN L. HENDERSON. 

